Astronomy

Jeopardy Answer: Being hit on the head, a Hollywood Party or a clear night sky.
Question: What is "Seeing stars"?

From the begining of mankind, we have looked up into the night time sky and wondered, marvelled and dreamed. Listed below are way too many web sites about the stars. (When you are interested, it is very difficult to cut down the list). Many sites were supplied by PCCT members and we thank all contributors!

Now Feast.........

KODAK: Space Shots
KODAK maintains this interesting page on space photography where you can look at a wealth of incredible images. Space Shots includes a biography of John Glenn, a history of the Mercury program and an overview of STS-95. The site will be presenting live pictures from the mission once its under way.

Hubble's Best:
The Hubble Telescope has been working overtime in outer space to capture dazzling photos of our universe. The Heritage Project brings some of the best of those photos down to earth.

Spacelink Staff
The NASA Television Education File schedule for December is available on NASA Spacelink

The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System:
The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

As Seen from Earth
From NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, this incredible site allows you to simulate what the solar system looks like, at any time! A MUST see!

Earth's Curious Companion: Asteroid 3753 (1986 TO)
A somewhat technical, and mildly difficult on the eyes to read, but this is a great summary of the motion of the recently discovered companion sharing earth's orbit.

The Electronic Universe Project
A great current Astronomy page done by the University of Oregon's Observatory.

Fireworks in a Nearby Galaxy
The Hubble Space telescope recently obtained pictures of a beam of radiation emanating from a super-massive black hole at the core of galaxy NGC 4151.

Galaxy Halo and More
From ABCNews.com, a report on new astronomical findings that support Einstein's theories.

Gustav Holst - The Planets Suite
If you're able to listen to MIDI files, check out this site, download the files and just listen with your eyes closed. You'll be amazed at what you'll see from the music.

Hubble's view of the turbulent Lagoon Nebula
Twisters and wisps in space? Take a look at what the Hubble Space Telescope has found. Just click on the size picture you want to see.

International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Overview
This science initiative overview consists of a set of solar-terrestrial missions to be carried out during the this, and the next, decade.

Kuiper Belt Home Page
From David Jewitt of the Institute for Astronomy in Hawaii, here's lots of information concerning the multitude of trans-Neptunian objects in our outer solar system.

Mauna Kea Observatories
Outside Magazine reports on the extreme science taking place over 2.5 miles above Hawaii.

Mike Harvey's Planet Finder charts
Amateur astronomers, this is for you! Here a great utility web page for finding where any of the planets are at any time.

The Moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos
With all the excitement about Mars, let's not forget its two moons... one of which is doomed.

Neptune's Triton
One of the most unusual moons in the solar system, but we know so little about it.

Neutron Stars
From NASA, a rather technical site all about using x-ray astronomy to study neutron stars.

The Nine Planets
William A. Arnett's presentation of a comprehensive non-technical site on almost everything currently known about our solar system. Looking for something specific? Check the table of contents, or jump straight there from this summarized list:

Saturn's moon Mimas
One of the Cassini mission's investigative goals, Mimas, with its huge impact crater, is something of a mystery.

Saturn System Workshop
Check out the new results reported from the edge-on presentation of Saturn's rings during 1995 and early 1996.

SOHO Solar Flare image
Here's an image of our sun showing the solar flares on April 7th. It takes a bit to load, but it's well worth the look!

Sun/Moon Information
Here's an unbelievably detailed page containing information (current and future) on the sun and earth's moon. Better than an almanac!

Views of the Solar System
A great site by Calvin J. Hamilton, designed to provide educational information which is excellent for anyone interested.

Water Vapor on Titan
From MSNBC, the latest Infrared Space Observatory finding on Saturn's moon.

Welcome to the Solar System
Here's a sampling of images from NASA's planetary exploration program and their fabulous interactive program.

More Links

• Aboriginal (Native American) Astronomy
• Astro*Index - Astronomy resources from Brazil, in Portugese.
• AstroEd: Astronomy Education Resources
• Astromart - Astronomy-related classified ads.
• AstroNet: Sternberg Astronomical Institute - Moscow university: SAI Crimean observatory, and databases.
• Astronomical Data Center Archive Search Form
• Astronomical Software Directory Service (ASDS)
• Astronomy - Astronomy and physics as presented by Aarhus University in Sweden.
• Astronomy and Astrophotography
• Astronomy at ADFA - Mid-infrared images from NIMPOL.
• Astronomy Group - University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
• Astronomy HyperText Book - The Electronic Universe Project.
• Astronomy News Index - Up to date astronomy news.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Provided by Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at NASA.
• Astronomy plus Images of Galaxies - Presented by the Physics Department at the University of Oregon.
• Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights
• The Aurora Page (M.T. Dolan)
• Black Holes and Neutron Stars - How do you learn about something from which not even light can escape? Here's a good place to start.
• Brad Wallis' Astro Place - Astronomy photographs.
• Canadian Astronomy Data Center (CADC) - Worldwide distribution center for data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Center for Astronomical Adaptive Optics - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
• Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) - Georgia State University.
• Converging Computing Methodologiesin Astronomy - News about formal discussions of astronomical data collection methods.
• DAHAP - Digital Archive of Astronomy Pictures - Scientist's personal collection of old astronomy photographs.
• Earth & Sky: Skywatching Center - Calendar of the basics for amature skywatchers.
• ETHZ Radio Astronomy - Solar radio bursts.
• Expanding Universe - Search tool for amateur astronomers.
• Galaxy--Astronomy - Web directory's astronomy links.
• Gamma-Ray Astronomy with COMPTEL - Collaborative telescope project operated by Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire in Durham.
• General Astronomy Information - Royal Greenwich observatory, Solar system, and comet Hale Bopp.
• Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater
• Hipparcos Space Astronomy Mission - European Space Agency experiment measuring star positions,parallaxes, and motions.
• Hubble Space Telescope Pictures
• IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams - Have you discovered a comet, novae, or supernovae? Report it here for credit.
• IDL Astronomy Users Library - Central repository for general purpose astronomy procedures written in the commercial language IDL.
• Imstar - An astronomy imaging team.
• Infrared and Submm-wave Astronomy - University of Calgary.
• Infrared Astronomical Satellite Archive Interface
• Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
• Insititute of Astronomy - Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics - Argentina.
• Institute of Space and Astronomical Science - Sagamihara, Japan.
• IPS Radio and Space Services - Auroral Effects - Explanation of auroral sound.
• Joint Astronomy Center of Hilo, Hawaii - Maintained by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the UK.
• Links to Astronomy Resources - University Frankfurt.
• Live From the Stratosphere - NASA K-12 Internet
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomical Data Center (ADC)
• NASA Johnson Space Center Digital Image Collection
• National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center - Astronomy research center located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, maintained by Cornell University.
• National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) Photo Gallery
• Near Infrared Astronomy Group - University of Rochester, New York.
• New Astronomy - International online research publication for Astronomy.
• Papers Submitted to Selected Astronomical Publications - The titles, authors, dates of submission, and sources for preprints for manuscripts submitted to eight astronomical journals
• Procyon Systems Astronomy Page
• QUARG - Astronomy Research Group
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy - Tel Aviv university, school of physics and astronomy.
• Search for Astronomy Related Persons, Institutes, or Addresses - Science search engine.
• Space Plasma Physics Particles & Imaging Research Group - See current projects or data from past projects at the site for this University of Iowa group.
• Space Shuttle Photographs
• Star Watch UK
• Starcat Information - Astronomical catalog access.
• Stargazer Map [Mount Wilson Observatory] - Get a PostScript chart of the night sky.
• Starlink Project - A computing facility for UK astronomers.
• Starman - Crowded-field stellar photometry - Software package for crowded-field stellar photometry.
• Swiss Meteorite Lab
• Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre (VIRAC) - Latvian Academy of Sciences.
• Very Large Array - Astronomical radio observatory in New Mexico.
• AstroWeb The collection of pointers to astronomy info on the Net lets the visitor do a database search or browse by category.
• Space Telescope Science Institute
  About Hubble and others--pictures, press releases, educational activities, data archive.
• U.S. Geological Survey Astronomy and Space Science
  Registry of earth and environmental science internet resources.